Re: Pure Malt

Malt isn't rare, but it might be in the future. It's a limited edition. Typically, LEs appear in profusion, die off slowly over the year, and maybe (if you're lucky) show up in bulk at the end of the run. After that, they can be wickedly hard to find - particularly if popular. They're just GONE, and there is no restocking.

Thierry Mugler Pure Coffee is now available on the TM website. It was a discontinued limited edition, but it was so popular, they have brought it back - at least for a while. There is no telling what will happen with Pure Malt. It could be discontinued, or kept on the corporate website like Pure Coffee. If you think you like it, then buy it before it is discontinued. Or, like Shaheen says, invest!

Re: Pure Malt

Wow, on another thread, people keep on complaining about Ebayers trying to take a profit from the discontinued vintage HAVANA , but here, everyone's encouraging the OP to be exactly like those scummy EBAYERs.
pffft.

Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

I need your opinions on something, because I am baffled. I took the advice of several who prompted me to purchase A-Men Pure Malt. It is wonderful, and I think it is a truly spectacular designer fragrance. Thank you for convincing me to purchase it.

What baffles me is why Mugler would make this a limited edition fragrance? Many have said that they prefer Pure Malt to the original A-Men, and I would be one in this category. This leads me to believe that "limited edition" meant "to be re-launched at a later date with some changes" (hopefully minor). My reason being that I don't think Mugler, if he is a true businessman, would let something this popular just fade away.

We are seeing the last remaining bottles of Pure Malt on sale, and then people who love the fragrance will "get hungry" for it and start purchasing it on e-bay for a period of time (which camp Mugler will be monitoring), and then when it's selling for $200-$500 a bottle (like Giorgio Beverly Hills for Men)....RE-LAUNCH!!! We've seen it before, and I think we are going to see it again. What are your thoughts and opinions?

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Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

WHAT?! Are you all hopin it's true, but afraid to say something for fear of jinxing it? Hmm? Hmm?

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+"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing,
you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
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Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

Originally Posted by Rosehavn

WHAT?! Are you all hopin it's true, but afraid to say something for fear of jinxing it? Hmm? Hmm?

No, it's just that there is nothing of substantive proof behind your post. I think all the A*mens are crass, cloying, simplistic, synthetic and unrefined. Somewhat analogous to the way many see the 80's powerhouses today. The Bijan's, the Quorums. They're nice but after you tasted real tuna, the canned stuff tastes like dog food. After you've smelled New Haarlem, Endymion, Aomassai or Eau Des Iles - the A*Men series becomes canned tuna. Don't mind me I'm just venting.

Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

Originally Posted by neal

No, it's just that there is nothing of substantive proof behind your post. I think all the A*mens are crass, cloying, simplistic, synthetic and unrefined. Somewhat analogous to the way many see the 80's powerhouses today. The Bijan's, the Quorums. They're nice but after you tasted real tuna, the canned stuff tastes like dog food. After you've smelled New Haarlem, Endymion, Aomassai or Eau Des Iles - the A*Men series becomes canned tuna. Don't mind me I'm just venting.

Oh my. Where are all you Mugler Lovers????????? You're just going to let this slide? I LOVE PURE MALT!

+"Do you spray below the waist?"
+"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing,
you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
+"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you." - Dr. W. Dyer

Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

I don't think the masses (no, basenoters are not even a fraction of the masses) are even aware of half the things we talk about here. I don't think the Mugler camp cares what we think - they do care what the masses think and do. So it may not have been that big of a flanker seller by Original A*men standards. Perhaps they will reintroduce it sometime down the road, who knows? History has shown this does happen. Aramis Men's Collection, e.g.

Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

Actually it's genius...

When something is a limited edition and people like it, it creates a buzz and it prompts everyone to get off their ass and buy it before it's gone forever and you have to pay 3x the price on Ebay. He did this before with Pure Coffee and obviously it's working because he used the same strategy for Pure Malt. So the next time Mugler decides to release a limited edition, just buy it. Even if you don't like it, hold on to it for a year or two and chances are you'll be able to sell it for a healthy profit...

Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

this might be off topic, but do any of u know why B*men was discontinued. i bought 2 bottles at Marshalls for cheap and its actually very nice.

My guess is that it wasn't moving off the shelves, because people were buying A-Men, and the limited editions. I prefer B-Men over A-Men, but Pure Malt is better than both.

+"Do you spray below the waist?"
+"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing,
you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
+"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you." - Dr. W. Dyer

Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

IMO, even though Mugler Pure Malt is a good fragrance, the original A*men still trumps it. I find Pure Malt to be a mellowed down version of the original and it misses all the crudeness of the original. I absolutely love the original more than any of the flankers. Though I must admit that when I bought my bottle of Mugler Pure Malt, I did feel that it surpassed the original. For someone who likes it smooth, Pure Malt would be an ideal choice but that's not me, as I like it rough :-)

Pure Malt is not a significantly different fragrance from the original and therefore it may not warrant a permanent place in Mugler's offerings. The original is apparently quite popular is why it is still surviving.

Re: Re-Launch of A-Men Pure Malt?

Originally Posted by fitch256

I just bought this as well, I've tried to find this at Marshalls but had no luck, how much was it for what size?

3.4 oz for $25. IMO its a great buy. Like i said, in the begining i was using it wrong and thought it was "old-manish", but when used properly, especially on the dry down, it is pleasantly sweet with a hint of spice

Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

Sorry to create yet another topic on this, but since I had a hard time believing a lot of information floating around, I went ahead and emailed Melisa Alexander of TMP Consumer Relations to see if I could get an official word.

These are both emails, from myself and Melisa's reply back, including email headers. I'm removing my email address from the information, but they will otherwise be untouched:

To me it seems like this is set in stone. As I'm a newbie here, I'm not interested in making up rumors to tarnish my reputation. If you'd all like screenshots, I can provide those as well.

I'm excited, as I've never sampled this fragrance and will be getting the chance to in the near future. I'm glad that we'll all be able to benefit from this, and great job to everyone who pushed to get this fragrance re-released!

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Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

I sent them am e-mail as well, just to confirm. The last 2 to "confirm" it had 1-2 posts so i took that into consideration, just in case (i hate getting my hopes up for nothing!) I'll post the reply i get as well

Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

Thanks for verifying! I was a little unsure of the rumors, as most posters claiming that it was being re-released solely had 1 or 2 posts (nothing against them just prior forums experience). This is good news!

Unfortunately A*Men Pure Malt is no longer for sale in The Netherlands.
We also haven't heard of a relaunch of this scent.
This year this scent won't come out anymore.
But there will be a collectors item of A*Men at the end of this year.

It is possible that the scent will be relaunched, but to date we haven't heard anything of it yet.

Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

If it continues to sell like crazy, TM may release it as a permanent offering. Personally, I love Pure Coffee and Pure Malt (I have a full bottle of each) and would like to see an all new release in the "A*Men Pure ____" lineup. (Sunessence does NOT count!)

Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

Originally Posted by Shaheen

If it continues to sell like crazy, TM may release it as a permanent offering. Personally, I love Pure Coffee and Pure Malt (I have a full bottle of each) and would like to see an all new release in the "A*Men Pure ____" lineup. (Sunessence does NOT count!)

Originally Posted by DULLAH from another thread

Pure Cacao
(with a strong bitter Cacao bean like in L'Instant)

Pure Toffee
(with a strong werther's hard candy note)

He could always just get stupid and run the gamut with less intriguing:
Pure Patchouli
Pure Caramel
Pure Vanilla
Pure Mint
Pure Tabac
Pure Cognac (although Malt definitely had some grape/fruit nuance already)

My guess is Pure Cacao of Pure Toffee, they would do better sales wise than another.
Especially if it is very bitter cacao, people will go in thinking "oh, it'll be more sweet chocalate", and BAM, bitter raw Cacao.

...And on 2nd thaught, even though the name is a silly/difficult one, I think Pure Mint would have the next best chance to be something special and with big sales of that list. Plus, the mint could possibly conceal that helional even better than Pure malt did.
A higher dose of Mint, with coffee/chocalate, could succeed bigtime, anyone who has tried these may agree:

Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

I still have like 98% of my opened bottle and my unopened backup bottle is still doing great. I'm happy for all who haven't gotten to try/purchase it yet! I quite enjoyed Pure Coffee but ended up enjoying New Haarlem more.

I wish he was creating a new fragrance though Ah well

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Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

am i the only one who does not want pure malt to be re-released? not that im selfish but i have a bottle and knowing that it is a limited edition keeps that magic about it, it has an 'aura' about it, not many have it and to me that keeps it special. if everyone is now wearing it and is widely available it will no longer seem exclusive to me, as every jerk in town will own it, then it will become like paco rabbanne's 1 million, which i loved but 1 in 2 people in the UK has it, then i got sick of smelling it on everyone and now i cant stand it.

Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

All this talk about Pure Malt is making me want a decant now. I haven't explored Thierry very much, not since I was a given a sample of Ice Men a couple of years ago, which was accompanied by a pounding headache. I am curious about this PM....

Re: Official A*Men Pure Malt Re-Release: Fall 2010

Originally Posted by jlouismi

am i the only one who does not want pure malt to be re-released? not that im selfish but i have a bottle and knowing that it is a limited edition keeps that magic about it, it has an 'aura' about it, not many have it and to me that keeps it special. if everyone is now wearing it and is widely available it will no longer seem exclusive to me, as every jerk in town will own it, then it will become like paco rabbanne's 1 million, which i loved but 1 in 2 people in the UK has it, then i got sick of smelling it on everyone and now i cant stand it.

You're joking right? A small group of Pure Malt fans wanting it to be re-released does NOT mean it'll be popular by any means. It's still limited edition, I've just got a feeling they had a bunch left over at Thierry Mugler HQ.